Candide by Voltaire (1694 – 1778)
Posted: July 9th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: Literature Summaries | Tags: Candide | Comments OffType of Work:
Satirical novelSetting
Europe and frontier South America; mid-eighteenth century
Principal Characters
Candide, a naive young man
Pangloss,Candide’s tutor and philosopher friend
Cunegonde, the beautiful daughter of a baron
Cacambo, Candide’s servant and companion
Martin, a later traveling companion
Story Overveiw
Candide, the illegitimate son of a Baron’s sister, was sent to live with the Baron at his beautiful castle in Westphalia.
The Baroness [...]